Microsoft 365 Contracts in Somerset

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 19 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 8 13 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 4.73% 5.78% 6.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.33% 35.14% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 10
10th Percentile £206 £214 £155
25th Percentile £225 £413 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £500 £187
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +167.74% -17.00%
75th Percentile £275 £841 £417
90th Percentile £281 £875 £516
South West median daily rate £250 £263 £313
% change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +400.00% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 £13.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £13.06 £20.64
% change year-on-year +44.46% -36.71% +10.08%

All Cloud Skills
Somerset

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 49 37 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 28.99% 16.44% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 28 45
10th Percentile £188 £205 £182
25th Percentile £325 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £531 £600 £703
90th Percentile £638 £669 £742
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £34.16
25th Percentile £57.50 £12.50 £36.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £42.40
Median % change year-on-year +400.00% -69.34% +97.20%
75th Percentile £72.50 £13.50 £46.80
90th Percentile - - £48.72
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -73.04% +40.00% +140.96%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Somerset

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Somerset

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Somerset

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath -7 5 £250 -50.00% 36
Street -4 1 £195 - 5
Yeovil - 1 - - 8
Microsoft 365
South West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Support Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
3 1 (12.50%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) IIBA
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Remedy
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce